Car-seal



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H. ABBOTT. GAR SEAL y @vit/eamo,

UNITED STATES,

PATENT OFFICE.

IIIRAM ABBOTT,` OF VAKEMAN, OIIIO.

cARfsEAL.

SPECIFICATION forming part f Letters Patent N0. 402,125, dated April 30, 1889.

Application filed November 2, 1888. Serial No. 289,783. (No modelJl described hereinafter in connection with the accompanying drawings, and specifically pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawings, Figure l is a perspective view ofa car-seal embodying my improvements. Fig. 2' is a face view thereof, partly in section. Fig. 3 is a similar view showing I the seal before the wire shackle is twisted.

'inward to the center of the seal part.

Fig. 4 is a transverse sectional view on the line x of Fig. 2.

Referring by letter to the drawings, A desi gnates the seal part, (which is preferably made of wood, but maybe made of iron or any other suitable material) having a transverse perforation, B, which is slightly elongated across the length thereof, and extends A longitudinal perforation, (i, is formed in the seal part, (extending inward from one of its ends,) which intersects the transverse perforation near the center of the seal part.

D represents theshackle of the seal, which consists of a thin wire loop, the intermediate or looped portion of which is adapted to be engaged with the hasp or lock of the door, while t-he free ends are connected together, as follows: One arm, d, of the shackle, as shown in Fig. 3, is doubled at its lower end tov form the eye d', which is passed down into the transverse perforation of the seal part and is engaged by a pin, E, which is introduced into the longitudinal perforation, and the other arm, d2, of the saidshackle is left free until the seal is applied to the door, after which it also is inserted in the-transverse perforation, and while the arms of the shackle are held from turning (by pinchers or other suitable tool) the seal part is turned, thereby twisting the portion of the shackle between the pin E and the said pinohers. After the arms of the shackle are properly twisted together indentations or cuts F F are made at intervals in the shackle from opposite sides thereof, which render the said shackle very frail, whereby, if the attempt is made to untwist the arms of the shackle, they will be broken, and thereby indicate that the lock has been tampered with.

Having thus described the invention, I I

claim-fl. In a car-seal, the combination, with a seal part, of the looped shackle having one arm secured permanently to the seal part and the other arm twisted around the former, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

2. In a car-seal, the combination of the seal part provided with a transverse perforation and a longitudinal perforation intersecting each other, and the looped shackle provided on one of its free ends with an eye which iits in the transverse perforation and is engaged by a pin arranged in the longitudinal perforation, the arms of t-he shank being twisted' together, substantially as speciiied.

3. In a car-seal,il1e combination,` with a seal part, of the looped shackle having an arm, d, attached to the seal part, and an arm, d2, twisted around the arm CZ, the twisted portion of the shackle being provided at intervals with transverse indentations or cuts to partially sever the arms of the shackle, substantially as specified. f'

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto aiiixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

HIRAM ABBOTT.

Titnessesz JUSTIN W. SHERMAN,

MILo A. DAvIs. 

